Love You Much meets Welcome Neighbor

Hi Everyone.

Happy FRIDAY Night.  Tonight's card was made with my 18 year old niece in mind.  I really wanted a card that was fresh and pretty and found that the Love You Much and the Welcome Neighbor DSP   – don't forget you get this as DSP as one of your free options in Sale-A-Bration!  You can see my other Love You Much cards here and my other Love/Valentine cards here.

I used a layout challenge from the StampinAddicts.com website sketch challenge number 37.  It's actually a super layout and even though it uses more DSP than I normally do… it fits into my resolution of doing things differently. 🙂  And… I was so confuse about what background card stock to put it on… that I tried three – yes that's 3 – different ways for you!  And, I still can't make up my mind which I like.

Before we get started… thanks to Trish… she triggered me to go call the dentist.  I did, and made a visit there this afternoon.  He ended up taking out 3 of the sutures.  They had all come loose somehow – two of them had knots on the end which had made their way into the tissue underneath my back tooth and were burrowing in like a pair of gophers!  The other one had managed to get under the tissue underneath the other tooth and had worn a welt into the tissue!  What a relief when he took them out.  Mind you, the fact that I even let him near me at all with anything sharp was a miracle 🙂  So, thank you Trish.  Good suggestion!

Lou and I just got back from the movies.  We went to see Blind Side with Sandra Bullock.  This is the second Sandra Bullock movie I have seen in the last couple of months… never actually having seen any others – and we loved it!  In fact, I've loved both of them!

So, back to tonight's card.  I photographed the frontspiece on a Whisper White, Rose Red and Bermuda Bay background.  I like the WW – it's nice and fresh and, I think, gives a younger feel.  Perfect for a tween/teen girl.  I love the Berumda Bay – it's a little more sophisticated and I also love the Rose Red… So… I hope one of them suits your fancy!  It's also a testament to the new Welcome Neighbor DSP  (118401) that is a …..did I already tell you…. 🙂 FREEBIE choice with SAB!!!  and, I think it's going to get lots of use!

So there you are, three cards for the price of one visit 🙂

Card recipe:

• Whisper White, Bermuda Bay and Rose Red card stock
• Good Neighbor DSP
• Teeny Tiny Wishes "Happy Valentine's Day" sentiment
• Love from the "Love You Much" stamp set
• Love stamp was inked up with Bermuda Bay, Rose Red, Crushed Curry markers – love my markers – just for you, Kelli!
• Ice round rhinestones
• Ticket corner punch

Easy to stamp and easy to assemble – and loved the layout – so thanks to our friends at stampinaddicts for creating this great layout.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend – I am really looking forward to mine… and… guess what… it's going to be 30 degrees… oh yeah… IT'S SUMMER!  well….. maybe not!

We had about 30 Mallard's in the garden today.  It all started about 7 years ago, when one lonely male Mallard arrived in our garden.  He'd obviously been doing a flyover and saw someone eating at our bins.  He came for a couple of days, and the next thing we knew he arrived with a female.  This went on for about 3 weeks over the winter period, then suddenly there was about 6 of them!  Well, every winter now they come for a visit and eat the corn and hang out.  Tomorrow, I will post a pic of them last year.  That was all well and good – that first year… except we had temporary neighbors next door – who happened to be French.  I swear… and I'm not kidding… that I caught the MIL stalking up our garden one afternoon with a carving knife in her hand!  Mmm… Duck a la Orange, anyone!  Well, I didn't care that I was in my jammies, or barefoot, or that it was about 2 degrees above zero!  Needless to say, she didn't catch the duck, nor did she try again!  In fact, they moved out a few months later.  I'm sure, I'm the tale of some dinner party stories somewhere!  I mean… I must have looked a dreadful fright!

Some of you may remember that I challenged you to find your word for 2010 – mine was give… Well Beth informed me that her choice of word was KIND – because everyone could use a bit of kindness in their lives.  I thought it was a perfect word.  And on that note… a shout out to Cari…. who was kind enough to let me know that she would be participating in my card drive and was getting her kiddies involved… because it was important for her children to understand to give and be kind!  So THANK YOU CARI and BETH.  You rock!

On that note…. thank you so much for visiting my blog… your visits are always appreciated… and I really appreciate your support.

Cyber Hugs

Jaydee